I have never tried to weld cast iron, but I have brazed it a few times. My
brothers 55 had a cracked block when he bought it. My Dad drained the
water out, burned the paint off the area with a torch and brushed it with a
steel brush. He then pre-heated the area around it and used standard
brazing rod to fix the crack. I have also done this to a Fiat 4-cyl., and
a F$%d 6-cyl. Both of which are still running to the best of my knowledge
(8 and 12 years ago). I don't remember doing anything else to prepare it.
Has anybody else on the list ever used this method? Did we just get lucky
or is this a good method? Good luck with it, keep me posted on how it
comes out.
In many places it used to be illegal to drive with your parking lights on,
I don't know if it still is or not, but I got a ticket in Montana in 1984
for it ($25.00). Just parking lights, no headlights.
Kevin Lake 56 napco/burb GMC
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> From: jeastman@appliedtheory.com
> To: oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net
> Subject: [oletrucks] Water Jacket Welding; Parking/Headlights
> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 11:33 AM
>
> Has anybody had experience getting cracks in their block welded? I've
got
> a crack in the water jacket (outside) of my block and would like to get
it
> repaired. It's got some form of putty on it that worked pretty well
until
> I put a thermostat in (a winter necessity up here in NY). I haven't had
> much luck with K&W block seal on other blocks, and would rather get it
> sealed once and done right.
>
> Trivia Question: When my headlights are on, my parking lights aren't,
> though my parking lights work fine w/ the parking lights only turned on.
> Is this the way it came out of the factory, or are they suffering from
the
> same electrical wizardry that caused the previous owner to use the horn
> relay as a ignition bus/voltage regulator?
>
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